What do you light for Chanuka lights?

Raisin

Thu, Dec 10 2009, 5:48 am

we use either ready made olive oil filled things, or olive oil. But we dont press the olive oil ourselves - we buy it ready made. This year no ready made ones, so regular olive oil.

Tehilla

Thu, Dec 10 2009, 10:46 am

shalhevet wrote:

Am I right that there's no poll on this yet?

well now, thanks for starting one!

pure olive oil

(edited to say just like everyone else...my husband lights...)

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shalhevet

Thu, Dec 10 2009, 11:27 am

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Why would anyone use non-olive oil?
Is there any hiddur in that vs candles?

Olive oil is the hiddur.

Actually, I was going to comment before I saw your post. So far 100% use olive oil. But why? On all kinds of other threads people are claiming you can do the minimum, it's not halacha to do x, they can find a loophole or a yesh omrim to make life easier, you don't have to be machmir or mehader. I guess that's because there they have to make more of an effort. This is only a money issue so no problem with doing the mitzva lemehadrin.

Anyone only light one candle each night?

PS This wasn't the point of the poll - I never thought of this point before posting, unlike some of my nasty threads to prove a point Twisted Evil

. This time it was purely innocent.

Ah - just before pressing submit I realised you were asking why anyone would use soya oil. I think it is more of a hiddur than candles because at least it's oil, but not sure.

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Dec 10 2009, 11:55 am

shalhevet wrote:

Ah - just before pressing submit I realised you were asking why anyone would use soya oil. I think it is more of a hiddur than candles because at least it's oil, but not sure.

Yeah, that's what I was asking.
I guess I'll ask. To me, once you're messing around with oil, you might as well use the best!

(I answered for my husband. I think my 4 year old is going to light this year, but he'll be lighting candles.)